Governance Professionals Should Take Up Extracurricular Activity

A non-executive role with an academy trust is a professional challenge and a philanthropic opportunity.

Seasoned governance professionals are rarely surprised, but the pace of change in education merits a second glance. The last year alone has seen new GCSEs introduced, A to E grades replaced by a nine to one scale, a new governance competency framework, and funding changes.

The good news, for us as recruiters of non-executive directors (NEDs), is that challenge turns out to be the best recruiting sergeant for attracting high-calibre board members.

In 2016, we wrote in Governance and Compliance about why corporate governance skills are required in education, and particularly by multi-academy trusts (MATs). The need has not abated.